Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2026
959. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sanitary and phytosanitary checks which were carried out at designated border control posts here on imports covered by common health entry documents for products of animal origin by country of origin in the years 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026 [11597/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra960. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of common health entry documents for products of animal origin that were processed by his officials by designated border control posts of entry for the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [11598/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 959 and 960 together.
My Department is the Competent Authority in Ireland responsible for ensuring that imports of Products of animal origin, Live Animals, Germinal Products, Animal by-products (ABP) and Plant products from third countries into Ireland are safe and meet specific import conditions laid down in European legislation. My Department carries out import controls at specific points of entry referred to as Border Control Posts (BCPs). Controls carried out by my Department at BCPs are in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and Regulation (EU) 2021/632.
The table in the attached document provides the details of the third country imports of products of animal origin which enter into the European Union through Irish Border Control Posts in 2024, 2025 and 2026, all of which required a common health entry document (CHEDP) and had a sanitary/phytosanitary inspection.
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